Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 32,700, John Frink, Mass.

SERVICE
Trink, John
NUMBER
8.32.700
Mass.
CONTENTS

32 700 INVALID. Rev
Aug. 8-1903-Married in Sullivan Ohio
File No. 32, 700
John Stunk His Rev War
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 2 , Page 144
[Arrangement of 1870.]

9275
Massachusetts
John Frink,
(Name in full)
West Springfield in the state of Massachusetts who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Green of the Massachusetts Line, for the term of 3 Years.
scribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 1 st of May 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12 th of April, 1819, and sent to the care of the Hon. W. Mills of Northampton, Hampshire Co. Massachusetts.
Arrears to 4th of March 1818. 10 2/31 mo $ 81.03
Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sept 1819. $ 48. —
$129.03
Revolutionary claim, Act 8th March, 1818. 3. March, 1819
* The amount of the... the sum of the... of the... who... now income to be... sufficient for the... March 1819.

1 Case Hon. M. Mills 12 Dec. 1878
Luther Trink
Dec - 18. 1878
Ref. to the Committee on Pensions & Revolutionary Claims
Dec - 24 - 1878
Bill reported - No 249
Petition Luther Trink's Mss 9.18. Rec. Pen.

To the Honorable the Senate & House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States
Humbly shews Luther Frink of West Springfield in the County of Hampden & Commonwealth of Massachusetts Husbandman That he is the Son of John Frink who was a private Soldier in the Revolutionary War & served in that capacity more than four years on the Continental establish- ment & was honorably discharged which discharge is lost. And your Petitioner would further state that the said John Frink is in a deranged state of mind & incapable of the obligation of an oath & has lost the faculty of memory in consequence thereof is incapable of complying with the terms of the law recently passed for the relief of the Poor & disabled soldiers in the revolutionary war That the said John Frink has been supported by your Petitioner for nearly twenty years during all which time he has been unable to perform but very little labor that he was when your Petitioner took charge of him not possessed of more than One Hundred Dollars in any kind of property & your Petitioner would further state that he is not possessed of any property except what he has acquired by his own hands

which is but little that he has a numerous family dependent upon him for support - For these reasons he humbly prays your honorable body that they would take into consideration his situation & direct that the the said John Frink may be placed upon the Pension list & receive his pay in the same manner as if he had complied with the conditions of the law as in duty bound will ever pray Springfield Nov r 24 th 1818 Luther Frink
Hampden ss Springfield No 24 th 1818 I hereby certify that John Frink before me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing petition and that he was at the time of signing the same under no duress or undue influence. in witness whereof the undersigned has hereunto set his hand and the seal of said Court this 24 th day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen. Esaias Dyer Clerk
Esaias Dyer
Hampden ss Personally appeared before me Esaias Dyer above named & acknowledged the foregoing petition to be his free act and deed. Edw. Whipple Justice of the Peace

We the subscribers selectmen of West Springfield hereby certify That John Foinke of S d West Springfield is in the Eighty Ninth Year of his age and in our opinion incapable of having an Oath administered to him with propriety and being dependent on others for support and stands in need of support from his country
West Springfield Novm 23 1878.
Timothy Horton Luke Parsons Aaron Bagg Alfred Flower James Vennett

Found on the Roll for Baptist

I Justin Granger Testify & declare that I served in the Revolutionary army for three years in Col. J. M. G. C. Regt. H. Col. J. M. G. C. & did duty as an orderly sergeant during the whole term of three years aforesaid except when sick or on furlough & that I was well acquainted with John Frink a Private in Col. Oliver's Comp. in Col. G. C. Regt. aforesaid & that the said Frink was in the Regt. at the time I joined the Regt. in July 1777 - that he continued & did duty in the Regt. until I left the army in Feb. 1780 - I further saith not dated at West Springfield Nov. 23 d 1818 Justin Granger
Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Nov. 23 d 1818 - Hampden Co. ss
Then personally appeared Justin Granger signer of the foregoing deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me Jonathan Smith Justice of the Peace